Targeted immigration enforcement efforts underway in Chicago
Updated on: January 27, 2025 / 2:37 AM EST / CBS Chicago
Targeted immigration enforcement operations by multiple agencies were launched in Chicago Sunday, with top Trump administration officials in the city to oversee it all.
One of President Trump's many campaign slogans was, "promises made, promises kept." Now, after months of vowing to deport undocumented immigrants from Chicago, the first images of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement doing so have surfaced.
Multiple sources told CBS News Chicago that those upon whom ICE was focusing Sunday have active warrants.
"What we saw is a coordinated effort to scoop up folks who have criminal allegations against them, or criminal convictions, and they are here in the country illegally," said CBS News Chicago security expert Phil Andrew. "What the administration has said is that they're targeting folks who have these records to remove them, and that's what they've committed to in these early stages of the new administration."
But there are concerns that the mission will not be limited to those with active warrants for long. In communities with large immigrant populations, people said they do not know where ICE will pop up or for whom ICE is looking.